1. Welcome

2. Staffing Key Contacts: – Mr Brady: Associate Principal – Mrs Riddler: Assistant Principal – Mrs Hall: Lead for Core Subjects – Mr Kyprianou: Lead for Engineering – Mrs Williams: SENCo – Mr Underwood: Pastoral

3. Transport Webpage Solihull route: No 87/8 bus Facilitating car share (ctc admissions@wmgacademy.org.uk)

4. Building Update New computer suite in room 6 Remodelling Learning Resource Centre Modifications

5. Administration Before the end of July you will receive: – Information on how to set-up Parentpay account – MIS contact information forms for completion – Consent forms for completion: photographs/privacy – Induction information Before GCSE results day you will receive: – Email with enrolment information

6. Y12 - GCSE Results On the day - Thursday 20th August: Email a copy of GCSE results and enrolment form. We will reply with confirmation. For those students who have met Pathway criteria - no discussion needed For those students who have not met Pathway criteria, contact the Academy to arrange an appointment to discuss GCSE results and chosen pathway. The appointments will take place on Friday 21 August and Monday 24 August Please bring a copy of GCSE results for our files.

7. FIRST WEEK

8. Y10 Induction Week Wednesday 2 nd September: WMG Academy. Business attire Thursday 3 rd September : Off-site visit; Casual clothing. Friday 4 th September: WMG Academy; Baseline testing

9. Y12 Induction Week Wednesday 2 nd September: WMG Academy Business Attire Thursday 3 rd September: UoW Casual clothing, including sports/swimming kit Friday 4 th September: Normal timetable starts.

10. Equipment PE kit: Not required first week Enrichment starts week Monday 7 th September Daily equipment

11. Lockers & PPE Locker – every student has one Key will be issued on the first day

12. Laptops Intel Celeron processor 2 GB RAM 1 year subscription to MS Office £179 Intel i5 processor 8 GB RAM Recommended CAD laptop £529

13. Geometry Sets: technical drawing £1 from Wilkinson’s £5 from major retailers £20 Rotring geometry set

14. Staedtler Ball-point pens, erasers, sharpeners, pencils (2B, HB and 2H), colouring pencils, rulers

15. NameSubjectTarget Grade WAGPIATL J BriggsMathsACGreen1 Target Setting & Monitoring Progress Aspirational target grades confirmed (October) First Progress Check (October) Further Progress checks in January and March Working At Grade, Attitude and Progress Indicator Final written report

16. PASTORAL SYSTEM

17. Business Attire Academy code of dress Smart business wear Y10 ties available to buy or order PE kit is sensible to the sport

18. Attendance Intervention measures triggered with attendance below expected targets (Academy target is 95%) Holidays in term time will be classed as unauthorised Persistent absence (15%) is the equivalent of 1 A- level or several GCSE grades Package of support measures both in-house and externally sourced

20. Holidays in Term-Time Education Regulations 2013 updated the 2006 Act that allowed Headteachers/Principals to grant up to 10 days annual family holiday Now Headteachers/Principals may not authorise family holidays Leave of absence can only be granted for exceptional circumstances and this specifically does not include family holidays

21. 2015 Pastoral Groups Linked ELT: Kha ANDERSON A1: Rsm (10) A2: Psp (10) A3: Ida (9)A4: Apa (9)A5: Cni (8) Linked ELT: Mun BRUNEL B1: Dvi/Gcr (7) B2: Rma (7) B3: Jki (5) B4: Hbr/Jfa (5) B5: Rgr (8) Linked ELT: Erd ROEBLING R1: Nro (4) R2: Mwe (4) R3: Fdz (3) R4: Cma (3) R5: Dma (Mez) Linked ELT: Aky WHITTLE W1: Awo (2) W2: Rph (2) W3: Jta (1) W4: Eri/Hra (1) W5: Jle (Mez)

22. And finally